Russian Government Officials Told To Immediately Bring Back Children Studying Abroad

In Europe, when it gets serious, you have to lie... at least if you are an unelected bureaucrat like Jean-Claude Juncker. In Russia, however, when it gets serious, attention immediately turns to the children.

Which is why we read a report in Russian website Znak published Tuesday, according to which Russian state officials and government workers were told to bring back their children studying abroad immediately, even if means cutting their education short and not waiting until the end of the school year, and re-enroll them in Russian schools, with some concern. The article adds that if the parents of these same officials also live abroad "for some reason", and have not lost their Russian citizenship, should also be returned to the motherland. Znak cited five administration officials as the source of the report.

The "recommendation" applies to all: from the administration staff, to regional administratiors, to lawmakers of all levels. Employees of public corporations are also subject to the ordinance. One of the sources said that anyone who fails to act, will find such non-compliance to be a "complicating factor in the furtherance of their public sector career." He added that he was aware of several such cases in recent months.

It appears that the underlying reason behind the command is that the Russian government is concerned about the optics of having children of the Russian political elite being educated abroad, while their parents appear on television talking about patriotism and being "surrounded by enemies."

While we doubt the impacted children will be happy by this development, some of the more patriotic locals, if unimpacted, are delighted. Such as Vitaly Ivanov, a political scientist who believes that the measure to return children of officials from studying abroad, is "long overdue." According Ivanoc, the education of children of the Russian elite abroad is subject to constant ridicule and derision against the ruling regime. "People note the hypocrisy of having a centralized state and cultivating patriotism and anti-Western sentiment, while children of government workers study abroad. You can not serve two gods, one must choose."

On the other hand, political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky quoted by Znak, believes that such decisions should be approached with more pragmatism. Such a recommendation is more likely to lead to an outflow of officials from the state, rather than allow the return of the children studying at elite foreign universities. He also warned of attempts to recreate an echo chamber such as that experienced after the failed July coup attempt on Turkey's President Erdogan.

But what he said next was more disturbing: "On the one hand, this is all part of a package of measures to prepare the elites for some 'big war' even if it is rather conditional, on the other hand - this is another blow to the unity of President Putin with his own elite" Belkovsky said. He adds that the Western sanctions launcedh in March 2014, had sought to drive a wedge between Putin and elites. In response, the Kremlin began to act precisely according to the logic of these sanctions. "But while a ban for having assets in the West is one thing, and understanable, when it comes to a ban for offshore health and education services, the blowback will be far greater, as it represents a far more important element of the establishment's life strategy."

Ultimately the motivation behind Putin's decision is unclear: whether it is to show Russia's high-ranking oligarchs who is boss, to boost a sense of patriotism among the nation by sending a symbolic message that the west is no longer a welcome destination for Russia's rich kids, or just a preemptive move of repatriating of any individuals affiliated with Russian politics for other unknown reasons; however it underscores the severity of the ongoing diplomatic crisis and just how significant the upcoming isolation between Russia and the West is likely to become in the coming months - unless of course tensions deescalate dramatically in the very near future - resulting in even greater collapse in global commerce and a further slowdown to world economic growth, which may ultimately lead to an armed conflict, whether regional or global, as the only possible outcome.

Looks like the most paranoid of all scenario just got the green light. Most likely in the real pools hidden from the sheeple trump leads big time so the only way to keep the throne for tptb is to have a war on a scale which will allow current king oboxo I-st to continue reign supreme by canceling the elections.

If Hitlery "for president" is ready to create a possible american civil war by lying about russian hackers to steal the election, imagine what Hitlery AS president would do. Putin sees this. it is called batshit crazy, and DC has a major infection of it.

Getting prepared for Armageddon? The Russians may have issues explaining to their own people after the atomic ignited smoke abroad stops why they didn't give the children abroad forewarning. It seems to me this may very well be a preparation for a premptive nuclear strike. Of course they can always wrap it around sanctions and everyone would easily digest that. I'm afraid that it may be Mystery Babylon is about to be judged and caught off guard, the handwriting is on the wall. I've been praying that we could somehow advert this situation say with Trump or just in general us backing away from our Sodom stances, but it may very well be too late for us. Strange as it seems Americans have let this happen as we strayed away from the truth on multiple fields. I'm no innocent myself though I have recognized my part in allowing this to happen. We've all taught and regurgitated lies to substantiate ill gotten gains. Anyway God Bless us for sure that all this can be reversed. We've proded God and now Russia who'll be used to set the Mystery Babylon afire. If I had a better place to go right now I'd be already gone, but I do not. I accept my fate in this matter but will try to knock sense into Americans that are wise enough to listen.

It seems Mystery Babylon gets nuked all by herself before the other countries get judged. At least this is the way I've read prophecies. That we'll be the exception not the ordinary when it comes to the first lesson to the other nations how not to act. I'm dismayed really that Christian churches do nothing to teach about America's destiny if we do not change. It's as if they are truly complicit in this matter by teaching flag worship.

This sounds a lot more serious than the simple repatriation of students from the pampered elite for political/image reasons. Putin doesn't panic over silly image-scandals like this. The haste and tension in the tone has an alarm-bell feel to it. More interestingly, it mentions those with active Russian citizenship (not students, i'm assuming; as they would necessarily remain citizens with a student visa) living abroad, obviously on a long term basis (ex-patriots), encouraging them to return and establish a patriotic posture.

My sense tells me that some sort of tense exchange has just erupted in diplomatic channels...something tells me it has something to do with Aleppo. I have this sick and foreboding dread suggesting a triple-dog-dare has been declared.

having a bunch of kids off shore is huge mistake- with officials making decisions public and private is a recipe for disaster - mixed loyalty especially about inoportune communications- people get weird and say the wrong thing over the phone to the kids- all of which is monitored

want no doubt - as to 100% loyalty

get them in the home field and to the bunker if necessary

not to mention the USA will hold them captives or water boarded - even if they were a girl of ten - Bill's favorite prey

believe - Hillary will be below in the Denver Airport Bunker along with 10,000 other elites - the people of Colorado are dog meat when it comes

Thanks to the big oceans surrounding America during WWII (which don't mean shit now) Russia was pounded in the relentless attacks. They have more remembrances every year in their cities of the famous battles with the veterans (men and women) still decked out in all their medals. So the kids see this and it is deep in the brain. They will not bend to anyone, anytime again. I think these computer retaliations will result in every Russian kid hacking every US site; morning, noon and night. They might not be able to shoot you but they sure as hell could shut down your waste treatment plant and cause your toilets not to flush. They will pull together. We are too busy with NCAA basketball and Kim's K fat ass.

in correcting my lines you've laid bare an error of opacity, and for that i thank you. I did intend 'ex-patriots' as opposed to expatriates, and the word-play has everything to do with the phrase "patriotic posture". My intent -- admittedly muddled though it was -- was to allude to the fact that Putin is signaling to all those with loose/ambivalent patriotic sentiments viz. mother Russia that now is the time to make it clear and establish (before the games begin) which side they're on. And so, any 'ex-patriots' need to either repatriate (preferable) or at the very least stiffen their "patriotic posture" so that the Kremlin can count them friend or foe.

After reading some of the comments, yours is one of the few sane ones I see.

Most people still think this is a game - this is being done to minimize defections/recover funds/make a statement.

In history this is actually a war warning.

In times of extreme tension the repatriation of non-combat/non-diplomatic personnel (ESPECIALLY families) is often a government priority. It does have morale (and moral) implications, which most Americans do not understand.

If the families of diplomatic personnel are being repatriated, the situation is truly dire. Russians studying abroad do not have diplomatic immunity, so their repatriation first makes sense.

Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors (enlisted and officers) take note. The criminals in DC/MIC/Banksters and their flag officer sychphants are about to try sending you all into another amoral quagmire - which could easily end up with nukes flying.

It may seem silly to pull these people back to Russia - but it is not silly at all. It is also YOUR ASS directly on the line - followed by the rest of us (and your relatives/friends) when the nukes fly. It is time to wake up and stop thinking this is all tin foil stuff - wake up NOW!!!

I'm not sure that flag waving is a component of Christianity. Flag waving might be if it was towards a state that actually espoused Christian values. That hardly applies to America.

It seems though that most Christian churches now spend more time worshiping the synagogue of satan rather than Christ. They also subjugate Christian values to those of the new worlders in order to be politically correct. As a result of these failures, most Christian congregations will not be able to discern the Messiah from the antichrist.

Bible Prophesy (Ones not fore telling the coming Christ) is mostly concerning the destruction of israel being fore told prior to their ass getting run over by the many nations that took them into captivity and destroyed Jerusalum, revelations being one of them prior to the Roman empire finally got tired of their Jew ways of rejecting God so, yea, the boat has left the dock and you can stop trying to read into it your private interpretation and scaring the kids. 99.9% of these blow dried ministers pretending to know what this or that means is all bullshit.

One more thought... you wrote "God Bless us" and i agree, hopefully this can be reversed.

But why would God not bless the rest of the world? We are not a nation mindful of God in any way until disasters hit. Then we run to church in droves, for a week or two. Then back to "money, money, money"

Funny, that was my first thought as well - Putin would probably lose the support of a lot of high-ranking officials if he nuked their kids. Also... if you're sitting in Moscow watching ZATO's ICBMs on a screen arcing in Russia-wards... would you be more or less inclined to obey a "launch" order if your kids are at Haaaavaaaad?

I know Putin works with the J team. Unlike most other politicians around the world, he sees them as a "partner" rather than his masters. He has already made it quite clear that he would not tolerate an attack on Russia's Christian values. Perhaps dealing with this "partner" may require a little more levberage at this time.

The other aspect is one of security. The exposure to Western NGO's (or their goals) in our schools and universities can have a corrupting effect. The hint about public sector opportunities being limited suggests that.

They have stated that this time why would they wait for an attack? NATO missiles are two minutes from Moscow. To await attack is suicide. That's what I read from Some highly placed guy like Lavrov, recently.

It might have nothing to do with a war. The kids studying abroad can easily fall victim to all sorts of "law" issues created by authorities (as in "hiding" some pot/coke/heroin in their dorms, or "raping" some girl on a campus) which would make their parents very vulnerable to blackmail and extortion, even to the point of turning them into agents for the enemy. Putin just wants to make sure that his top people don't become American moles, at least not because their kids are held for ransom. If they'll do it because it's their own wish, that's another story and one that the KGB/FSB might get very interested in...

Besides, it's for their own good even if the said kids don't realize it yet. 4 or 5 years in an American contemporary college or university is known to do irreparable damage to your brain. Just look at all the nonsense going on in our campuses, on a daily basis. It's worse than a Kafka novel...

If the Hildebeast get in (by throwing the Election), I would say that Inauguration Day would be a nice date on the Nuclear Calendar. All the collective Assholes would be in the same place at the same time. You would only need one and the most of the World's problems would be solved in one fell swoop.